• Thursday, 09/05/2013

  Student-painted mural debuts at “Atlantic Avenue Gateway”

  Left foot forward, right leg back, muscles taut, the jogger is suspended in time, her eyes staring straight ahead as she runs towards an unknown destination.

  Heather Chin, Brooklyn Spectator
• Thursday, 09/05/2013

  BP Markowitz Unveils Groundswell's Atlantic Avenue Mural

  Yesterday, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz helped unveil a new mural, painted by artists and student volunteers from Groundswell.

  Broadway World
• Thursday, 09/05/2013

  Student Artists Unveil New Mural for Atlantic Avenue Underpass

  A group of student artists transformed a desolate Atlantic Avenue underpass with a brand-new mural, which they unveiled on Wednesday.

  Nikhita Venugopal, DNAinfo
• Thursday, 09/05/2013

  Young Brooklyn Artists Turn Underpass Into Eye-Catching Mural

  Brooklyn teen artists unveiled a mural under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Cobble Hill on Wednesday, turning an underpass into eye-catching art.

  NY1
• Tuesday, 09/03/2013

  Mural Making On The Tough Streets Of Brooklyn

  Look around Brooklyn -- brick walls spiraling in kaleidoscopical color are changing the feel of some grim inner cityscapes, largely due to thirty-three year old Parsons trained artist and educator Chris Soria.

  Sharon Watts, YogaCity NYC
• Saturday, 08/31/2013

  Groundswell Unveils New Mural on Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville

  Community arts organization Groundswell Mural Project unveiled a new mural yesterday called “Intersections Humanized” in Brownsville.

  Rebecca Baird-Remba, Brownstoner
• Wednesday, 08/28/2013

  Make Safety Signs for Neighborhoods

  Groundswell engages public school students in the creation of original traffic safety signs for their communities. These young people explore traffic conditions on streets adjacent to their school and then create a personalized safety message for pedestrians and motorists.

  Glenn Weiss, Art of Community
• Monday, 08/26/2013

  Yoga taught to kids in juvenile detention

  There's a strong likelihood that many of the young people in juvenile detention will end up in trouble as adults.

  Lauren Glassberg, ABC 7
• Tuesday, 08/20/2013

  Students Spend Summer Vacation Painting Rockaway Mural for Sandy Victims

  In an effort to help brighten up a Rockaway neighborhood hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, 15 students spent their summer vacation painting "We Rose Above the Challenge."

  NY1
• Friday, 08/16/2013

  Another Post-Sandy Mural

  Similar to this Groundswell-organized project in the Rockaways, a group of local teenagers has banded together to create a mural that commemorates Hurricane Sandy, which was unveiled this week.

  Hana Alberts, Curbed

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